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L No. 31,036. HOOVER OPPOSES DEBENTURE PLAN INFARM AD BL President Considers Proposal for Dealing With Surplus Crops Unwise. 1,257—No. ENATE COMMITTEE TO BE GIVEN VIEWS Opposition of Executive Expected to Result in Defeat When Voted on by Senators. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. President Hoover has determined that the so-called export debenture plan of dealing with exportable sur- plus crops is unwise and will so inform the Senate committee on agriculture. | The committee included the deben- ture plan as an alternative proposition in the farm bill it drafted, which was introduced in the Senate Thursday by Chairman McNary. The Senate committee will meet to- morrow morning and will have before it the President'’s communication at that time. ‘Whether ‘the committee reverses it- self and removes the debenture plan from the bill before it is formally re- ported to the Senate or not, it was pre- dicted last night that the opposition of _ the President would result in the de- feat of the plan when it was voted on in the Senate. Department Reports Cited. Tt is expected that the President’s eommunication to the committee will contain reports on the debenture plan which have been made to the Presi- dent by the Departments of Agriculture, Treasury and Commerce. The President’s announced opposi- tion to going beyond the platform of the Republican party and his own campaign pledges—which, it is'held, the debenture plan would do—comes on the eve of the report of the farm bill to the Senate. It was planned to report the bill without further meeting of the Senate committee, just as it was intro- duced by Senator McNary. A cal for a meeting of the committee was issued last night, ‘Chai?mm McNary, Senators Capper of Kansas, Thomas of Idaho and Gould of Maine, all Republican members of the committee, already had reserved the right to oppose ths debenture feature of the bill, provided it became evident that the Prmde?.zm :muld mla‘e l‘ppw a measure containing sucl - vision. _ These Senators believe that it would be unwise and of no benefit to the farmer to put through a farm reliet bill which could not Teceive the ap- proval of the Chief Executive and be- come a law. . Combination of Votes Is Seen. ¢ It remains to be seen what effec the President’s statement will have upon the other members of the com- mittee. In some quarters it was sald last night that the debenture plan probably would be retained in the bill as reported to the Senate by a combi- nation of Democratic votes with Re- n ves. pumbllu opm of the President to the debenture plan, however, will be effective in the Senate itself and will operate to kill that feature of the bill, it was said in well informed quarters. There are at present 55 Republicans, 39 Democrats and 1 Farmer-Laborite in the Senate. Several Democrats from the East, including Senator Walsh of Massachusetts, are expected to oppose the debenture plan. It is not believed that a sufficlent-number of Republicans | and Democrats will combine to put the debenture plan through the Senate, al- though the vote mey be close. Senator McNary was called to the te House to discuss the:farm legis- lation situation with the President late | yesterday afternoon. Senator McNary, after his visit with the President, said | he expected to Teceive from the Presi- dent & communication which he would ! Jay before his committee tomorrow morning. He would not, however, dis- ! cuss the probable contents of the Presi- . dent’s letter. Taber Calls on Hoover. i ! lier in the day Louis J. Taber of 05‘1:.' master of the National Grange, ¢ which has been & sponsor of the deben- ture plan for several years, was & vis- | lic t the White House, and di ?fie' ;nm ‘measure with the President. Mr. Tabet is an old friend of the President. ‘Although Mr. Taber would not dis- euss his conference with the President, it is understood that the debenture plan was discussed at considerable length and that the President sought to im- press upon the head of the National Grange the wisdom of having the farm- ers and their organizations line up in favor of a farm bill which they all ' could strongly advocate. The debenture , plan is particularly the chil National Grange. The Ameri ] Bureau Federation and the Farmers’ TUnion, while they have through their | representatives agreed to go along with the farm bill as it was introduced in | the Senate, ]:re so: flu.mmured o{l u“::‘: lebenture n, bu ve been wi | oDl e thied out. ‘The two or- | ganizations -were willing to accept the McNary bill without the debenture plan. | that, rent purpose of the President E”&‘:?."v'e the Grange also agree to go i along with the administration’s program. ‘The President, in making known his ' vyiews upon the farm bill and the de- | benture plan to the Senate committee, WEATHER, (U 8 Weather Bureau Foreemst) W, with oo« W, Fntered as ‘second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. Michigan Senator’s Trust Fund to Be Spent In 25 Years. $700,000 A YEAR COST Health and Welfare Bene- | faction Would Mount To*$17,500,000. By the Assoclated Press. DETROIT, April 20.—Creation of a trust fund of $10,000,000 to be known as the Children’s Fund of Michigan, to “promote the health, welfare, happi- ness and development of the children of the State of Michigan and elsewhere throughout the world” was announced here today by United States Senator James Couzens. ‘The fund, including principal and in- terest, is ‘to be expended in its entirety within 25 years after May 1, 1929, With the income to.be derived from.the fund during that time, Arthur J. Lacy. per- sonal attorney for Senator Couzens an one of the fund trustees, estimated that approximately $17,500,000 will be. dis- bursed. ‘The trust agreement provides that ap- proximately $700,000 shall be expended annually in carrying out the purposes of the fund. While it is to be devoted primarily to the welfare of the children of Michigan, the powers vested in the trustees are such that they may take their research work into any part of the world. ‘The gift brings Senator Couzens' charitable contributions during the past 10 years to approximately $20,000,000. Dr. Hugo Freund, personal physician to Senator Couzens and. one of trustees, in discussing the fund said: “It is too early to state all the lines of activity contemplated. Mental bhy- giene and child guidance clinics will be encouraged, vocational and - educa- tional problems will receive attention, plans for properly supervised group recreation will be assisted; dietetic, hy- glenic, nutritional and other subjects bearing upon the health of children will be investigated whenever and wherever COUZENS GIVES $10,000,000 FOR AID OF CHILDREN JAMES COUZENS, the indication for their study arises. the present no research in the pure ces will be attempted, nor will any edifice be erected to serve as a center for the many activities.” Senator Couzens, who names himself one of the trustees, reserves the right tot"lker, amend, enlarge or restrict the In addition to Senator Couzens, Dr. Freund and Mr. Lacy, the trustees are Frank Couzens, the Senator’s son; Mc- Pherson Browning, president of the De- troit & Security Trust Co.: Willlam J. Norton, executive secretary of the De- troit community fund, and Clarence E. Wilcox, prominent Detroit attorney. Many of Senator Couzens’ charitable contributions during the last 10 years have been in the interest of children. Approximately $2,000,000 has been “Hfll to the Children's Hospital of ichigan; $650,000 was given to Harper Hospital in Detroit for a nurses’ home and a like sum in 1923 to the University of Michigan for a nurses' home. In 1927, when 44 children were killed in the destruction of a school house at Bath, Mich.,, by an explosion set off by a maniac, Senator Couzens gave $75,000 for the rebuilding of the school. He has been a contributor to many other charitable undertakings which never have been made public. STIMSON OPROSES ISLAND SUGAR CURB Restriction of Free Imgor!s From Philippines Held “Be- . trayal of Trust.” By the Associated Press. Secretary Stimson has informed the House ways and means committee that if proposed restriction of free sugar im- ports from the Phillipines is carried out it would be “inevitably interpreted as a betrayal of trust by the United States toward a dependent people.” The State Department head told the committee that the proposed restric- tion was entirely unnecessary to protect American beet or cane sugar interests, as free egtry of Phillipine sugar into the United States “does not and can- not affect the price of sugar in the American market.” Lays Moves to Cuban Interests. Mr. Stimson said the issue les be- tween Cuban and Phillipine sugar rather than between Phillipine -and domestic sugar. He added that the present attempt to restrict sugar from the Phillipines - “comes directly from those interests which have invested in Cuban sugar.” Publication of the testimony of Mr. Stinson, who appeared before the com- mittee in executive session Thursday, caused quite a stir at the Capitol as it was the first time since the Repub- lican - members went closed doors to write the new tariff bill that any of their proceedings were officially made public. B It was said at the committee offices that since Stimson’s testimony was pub- property, there was no reason to "lt!heh‘,d it from the been excluded since public closed and the preparation of the rates begun, asserted he had “smoked the committee out” on, the question of pub- licity. He charged in the, House day that “leaks” were coming from the tariff framers and that any testimony taken .a executive session should be made public immediately. Stimson Counters Frear. ol B, e, e came from intérests having investments in Cuban sugar ran counter to a state- BTy sy i, o luring ve 'y a Wisconsin lican and a member of the ways and means committee. & Such statements, Prear said, “do not add we h&wommarun‘gnuw minimize a rapidly grow- I’Il:‘g-;:s_r production by the (Philippine) Frear made this statement di an Poine hocaty iced in this country instead olm:m“hflfl. (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) , In Georgia 3 By the Associated Press. ¢ ; Mass Meeting to Check Crime Wave (Continued on Page 2, Column 8,) Called by GOVGmOf in our State and for the need in study- l:xx":utmh“" the - governor TANANYELEGTS EADER TUESDAY SENATORS 10 SET FUTURE POLIGY OF DEMOCRATIG PARTY Debates Believed to Be Potential Vehicle for Shaping Views. LIBERAL STAND LAUDED AT JEFFERSON DINNER Smith, Absent, Is Repeatedly Cheered—Attack Is Made on Prohibition. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 20.—The New York Times tomorrow will say the policies of the Democratic party for at least the next three years probably will be determined by its spokesmen in the United States Senate. It was the consensus of members of the Democratic national committee who attended a conference at the apartment of National Chairman John J. Raskob last night that the debates in the Sen- ate would furnish the Democratic Sen- ators with a vehicle for the expression of their views -and that these views would, become the . ‘The Times will mmptoll'fd :)'u pro- gram is followed as part of the plan for rebullding the Democratic party the Democratic Senators will become virtually the leaders of the party. Liberal Policies Lauded. NEW YORK, April 20 (#).—A battle Cry to carry on the liberal political poli- cles enunciated by the Democratic par- ty in the Jast presidential campaign was sounded by speakers at the Jefferson day dinner, at the Hotel Commodore tonight, attended by Democratic leaders from all over the country, Former Gov. Alfred E. Smith, the party’s presidential candidate in “the last election, was not present, but his name figured cgmmlnmlly in speeches in which he was extolled as a worthy leader of the party of Thomas Jefferson, the dinner celebrated the 186th anniversary of the birth of the founder of the Democratic party. The principal addresses were made by Senator Alben W. Barkley of Ken- tucky, Senator Joseph E. Ransdell of Louisiana, Representative Louis W. Douglass of and State Supreme Court Justice Willlam T, Collins, who acted as toastmaster, s Smith Repeatedly Cheered, More than Smith, -Foley and Wagner| Mo than 1500 persons attended Hands Off—Walker to Be Sounded Tomorrow. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 20.—After three members of the so-called Big Four of Tammany Hall, washed their hands of the problem, the executive committee of the New York County Democratic organization announced today it would elect a successor Tuesday to the re- signed chieftain, Judge George W. Ol- yany. Former Gov. Alfred E. Smith, pro- ponent of the “new Tammany,” told a subcommittee of seven yesterday that since. the district leaders were deter- mined the new chieftain should come from their ranks, he believed the exec- utive committee was capable of han- dling the choice. Today Surrogate James A. Foley and Senator Robert F. Wagner also refused to help. ~That leaves Mayor James J. Walker, whose prestige has mounted tremendously among the Tammany Braves since the Supreme Court ruled for the city in the nickel fare fight, as the last of the Big Four who has not yet been consulted He will meet the subcommittee Monday. The refusal of the formér governor to assist under the terms that a dis- trict leader be appointed was regarded by political observers as the long-ex- pected break between Smith and the political organization that brought him up. Some believed Smith's choice for the leadership was Senator Wagner. The committee’s decision to eflz its own leader was announced by Peter dJ. Dooling, chairman of the executive Seven had nterewed Semmmnn oternd! in lew: nator and Surrogate Foley. Whpher FIRING ON TEACHERS LAID TO 2 OFFICERS Accused Pair Contend They Shot When Woman Driver Re- fused to Halt. By the Associated Press, Classified A 3 Clubwomen of the Nation—Page 10. Injuries on Worker, " GREAT FALLS, ‘Mont., . the {3 B A E i Albert cl y 60-Foot Drop Inflicts Only Sljght ause and cheers whenever the name Aormer Gov. Smith was mentioned. ‘which ln':ll:vuu minutes greatest living Democrat. ‘The also applauded an attack on bition by Justice Collins in whic! were he said that Jefferson, if he alive today, would raise his voice “throughout the land against this in- vasion and interference with the right a of the individual to live his own life would as he deems best. Senator Barkley, the first speaker, characterized the Democratic party as one that is “far from dead.” “A party which can poll, under the circumstances which accompanied the last election, nearly 16,000,000 votes, is neither dead nor_on its to a funeral,” Senator Barkley sa “The Republican party has not won a single national contest in the last decade (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) TODAY’S STAR PART DNE—28 PAGES. General News — Local, National and Foreign. Schools and Colleges—Page 10. Pmnt-"rmher Activities—Pages 23 an d 24. Financial News—Pages 25, 26 and 27, - PART TWO—S8 PAGES. Editorial Section—Editorials and Edi- torial Features. Notes of Art and Artists—Page 4. Reviews of Spring Books—Page 4. Around the City—Page 5. PART THREE—16 PAGES. Soclety. Y. W. C. A. Activities—Page 11. News of the Clubs—Pages 12 and 15. At Community Centers—Page 13. D. A. R. Activities—Page 16. W. C. T. U. Activities—Page 16. PART FOUR—20 PAGES. Amusement Theater, Screen Music and . In the Motor World—Pages 5, 6 and 7. Aviation' Activities—Pages 8 and 9. Cross-word Puzsle—Page 10. Army and Navy Nw-;—l’ne’ 11 val Reserve— h{o 18. % Serial Story, “The Wolves of the Water- front”—Page 17. Marine Corps Notes—Page 17. Radio. News—] 18 and 19, Spanish War Vel -Page 20. hy % § PART FIVE—4 PAGES. Pink Sports Section. ‘PART SIX—10 PAGES. PART SEVEN—8 PAGES. Magazine Section—Fiction and GRAVURE SECTION—12 PAGES, ' World Events in Pictures. COLOR SECTION—8 PAGES. 3 ommw Mutt %am‘“ ‘M. e Wolve"sr .of Gov. | Under the terms of the 1921 treaty “the | 1aid down in 1931 and would be com- | revision of the naval limitation rules A Gripping Detective Story BY EDGAR WALLACE ~'Begins on Page 17, Part 4 ~of The Star Today . DR HOOVER EXPERT IN SEEING THINGS RIGHT NAVYSEEKS FUNS FOR 2 BATLESHPS Vessels Would Be First of Replacements Provided Un- der 1921 Arms Pact. By the Associated Press. In its preliminary estimates for ap- propriations for the 1931 fiscal year, the Navy Department has included a recommendation for the authorization of funds to build two battleships, which will be the first of the capital ship replacements provided under the 1921 ‘Washington naval arms treaty. Announcement cf this recommenda- tion was made yesterday by Admiral Charles F. Hughes, chief of naval op- erations. Secretary Adams has issued # call to Navy Department officials to prepare their estimates next week. ‘The two proposed battleships would replace the Florida, Utah and Wyoming. these replacement capital ships must be pleted by 1934. The treaty provides for the replacement of 15 battleships by | 1942, There was some discussion in naval circles yesterday as to whether any actual building plans for these craft uld be formulated until after the second limitation conferepce scheduled for 1931. One question now puzzling the Navy officials is whether, in event of the 1931 conference failing to change the status of capital ships, the American Navy will continue its policy of 35,000-ton ships with 16-inch guns. It is considered the Navy General Board at t is unchanged in its view that; the battleship is the back- bone of the fieet. But some naval ob- Sservers assert there may be a departure to some degree from this policy. The Navy also has taken official cog- nizance of the new German cruiser, the Ersatz Preussen, the department hav- ing declared this cruiser “represents an entirely . new departure from current naval design.” The naval officials be- lieve this German cruiser, with her cruising radius of 10,000 miles and speed of 20 knots, together with her armament of 11-inch guns, may cause covering cruisers. TWO OFFICERS 'HELD IN REPORTER’S DEATH Texas Constable and Motor Cycle Policeman Are Indicted on Murder Charges. By the Associated Press. LAREDO, Tex., April 20.—Raymond J. West, 24, constable here, and Tomas Hernandez, motor cycle officer, were in- dicted jointly today on charges of mur- dering Harry Willlams, Laredo news- mper reporter, whose body was found the Rio Grande February 18. Wi liams formerly lived at Muncie, Ind. ‘The indictments each contained three counts. The first alleged Williams was choked to death. The second all growth. eged | © Dr. A, B. MacCallum, professo; irq | tus of biochemistry or mcG Main 5000 to “From Press to Home ‘The Star is delivered every evening and Within the Hour” start immediate delivery. UP) Means Associated Press. FIVE CENTS “QOld Soak” fo Get Official Welcome OnLandinginU.S. Stimson Pet, Chinese- Speaking Parrot, to Sail From Manila April 24. By the Associated Press. Out of the East yesterday came the news that “The Old Soak” is coming home. A cablegram to Secretary Stimson from Manila said first-class passage has been booked on the liner President Wil- son for his pet Chinese-speaking par- rot, “The Old Soak.” He will sail from Manila April 24, and will circle half the globe before arriving in New York June 11. Secretary Stimson cabled for “The Old Soak” to be sent on the first avail- able vessel, after learning that his favorite pet while Governor General of the Philippines was pining {n his ab- sence. The immediate trip was de- ferred, howeyer, until & ship going to Singapore topched at Manila. The (Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) CANCER GURB HUNT 1S GIVEN NEW PATH Scientist Identifies Substance That Controls Growth by Cell Division. BY HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE, Asscciated Press Science Editor. PHILADELPHIA, April 20—A new field for possible control of cancer was opened in a report to the American Philosophical Society today by F. S. Hammett, professor of research, the Research Institute of Lankenau Hos- pital, Philadelphia, The report identifies the chemical substance that apparently controls the growth by process of cell division, a characteristic method of development of mnlmknlnt RTOW there was at present no application of what he has found to the cure of disease, but that ‘“ultimately we may be able to regulate diseased growths through control of the cell division.” Possibilities Are Enormous. The possibilities extend far beyond the field of disease, for cell division is one method of growth of all living things. Should a way be found to con- trol cell growth at will, Dr. Hammett explained after the session, it should be useiul in producing larger kernels of grain and larger supplies of other agricultural foodstuffs. The chemical that he found in ap. parent control of cell division is ulfhydryl, a substance that living celis 80S010 anu use in natural processes of sity, rose in the formal s lated Dr. 0 'ew Home in Sight. lum coined a new word, tulated Dr. ‘Humor. | '# d., April 20 (#).—Charles ur=lm£r sheriff of Steu- of| the annual dinner of the is some Tnnble. safe way of utilizing sulfhydry] wn&ohum;emndm estimate, but that it would require a menmwmolmuhun- ouncement, was made jtonight at ot ‘olety that the $2,250,000 fund for its new home on the Waterfront A the Park here was in sight. mmmummumm in is to be a cultural ent J‘:mumdymd‘mnmol . Eldredge R. Jol treasurer of the endowment . fund, said that more than Padlocks Threaten Hotels. ths. Hammett said emphatically that! defense, it is .| the great herds of WULDCURBWASTE N .. ESDURCES Wilbur and Nye Tell Nation of Interior Problems Over Radio. An intimate picture of the adminis- tration of the natural resources of this country was drawn for thé’ American public last night by Dr. Lyman Wilbur, Secretary of the Interior, and United States Senator Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota, chairman of the Sen- ate public lands committee, speaking in the National Radio Forum arranged by The Evening Star and sponsored by the Columbia Broadcasting System. ‘Their addresses, delivered through sta- tion WMAL, were carried over Nation- wide hook-up. As head of the department which has direct charge of the public domain, Sec- retary Wilbur discussed the great issue confronting that branch of the Govern- ‘ment—conservation—with particular reference to ofl and water, and also delved into another important problem of his office—Indian affairs. Senator Nye, chairman of a commit- tee which has come into particular prominence due to the celebrated naval oil lease investigation, told how this committee is linked with the Interior Department because it lays down the laws govirning the administration of the public domain, explained its work- ings, entered a vigorous defense of the oil probe and told of the results flow- ing from it, and, also dwelling on con- servation, took occasion to praise the new oil policy instituted by President Hoover. Waste Must Be Curbed. Declaring that the oil respurces of the country are exhaustible,”and that “we have built up a civilization here on the gasoline e e,” Dr. assel t was vitally necessary that waste be curbed. “Conservation does not mean preser- vation,” he amplified. “It means wisc use.” He then explained that the idea that must be kept in mind is to get the maximum oil out of the nd and the maximum use of it, once it has been brought out. “It is said that $8,500,000,000 are invested in American oil companies,” Secretary Wilbur said. “Certainly, with the millions of automobiles, with the need for further development of the airplane, with the ibility of national evident that something should be done.” As for the Indian preblem, which long has been a vexing one, Secretary Wilbur said that the wardship, exer- cised by the Government, “has not been wholesome, ly s g.” 1 “He explained that there are sonfé- thing like 400,000 Indians undi;:flov- ernment care, told of the to assimilate them into the.life of the N‘;tl:gn and said that now*“the aim is to and | ferred to the bureau- for investigation ~ 5o they will full life of he reach it He, ipates that the next quarter of a“cen will see “a large part of this gru?rnynhnnl problem” settled. Address of Dr. Wilbur. ‘The secretary’s in full follows: ‘When our forefathers settled on the Atlantic shore of this great country they found the Indians here. uering. peachically. the Whols Amert- ical Aol eri- g; continent. Tireless hunters, natural woodsmen and great travelers, m:g moved about with the and Wi aces had d hpodd:i tllx::l m? i 1l leve! c! givlllntm. such as those of the Pueblo Indians in New Mexico, and in others there was a sharp specialization, where they lived ly upon salmon or other local source of natural food supply. Ap- Straits from Asia and grad- mnm what one could call a invasion _extending clear (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) Boat Crew's Report of Mystery Plane 300 Miles at Sea Doubted by Scotland LoX “A“wfl which LONDON, 20-- for an few hours this morning the opportunity ‘Wilbur4 system, many mont superintendent, when he took over com- l TEN CENTS ELSEWHERE PRATT T0 PROPOSE. NINETY-DAY SEHo0L FOR RODKIE POLE Extension of Present Train- ing Period Depends on Increase of Force. SUPERINTENDENT TO ASK 100 MORE PATROLMEN Declares Longer Instruction Neces- sary Before Officers Are Assigned to’ Beats. ‘Recruits on the Metropolitan Police force will be given a three-month course of training in the police school before being assigned to duty, under a new plan announced yesterday by Maj: Henry G. Pratt, superintendent. ‘The present course of training lasts for 30 days and its extension to 80 days, Maj. Pratt explained, is contingent upon an increase in the patrol - force which he proposes to recommend in the budgetary estimates of the Police Department for the 1931 fiscal year, now in process ®f preparation. New members of the force now are frequently assigned to “beats” without any special preparation, Maj. Pratt - pointed out, while a number who have been connected with the department for four and five years have never attended school. These men have never been thoroughly instructed how to handle & revolver nor schooled in the duties of a police officer. The three-month course of training under the new plan would bs a pre- requisite to assignment to active duty of all recruits, “Mot a policeman would be given a beat.” said Maj. Pratt, “until he should know how to use his service fevolver and be familiar with the police manuel, the police regulations and the laws which he is sworn to enforce.” To Ask 100 More Men. In the 1931 estimates Maj. Pratt will include an item for the appoint- ment_of 100 additional patroim:n and 50 more detectives who would be desig- nated as “class A" detectives, receiv- ing $300 less a year than the detective sergeants. These detectives would be detailed with the regular squads at the central detective bureau. working with the veterans and getting the benefit of their knowledge and experience —a practical training which could not be ?)\:tllntd ll';dthe ‘:l)t“u schoolj. ‘where eory would consi a major por- tion of the course n‘(v instruction. Maj. Pratt also plans to insert in the estimates another item creating 30 “class B” detectives. This group would be composed of 15 precinct detectives and 15 officers assigned especially to prohibitien enforcement. The precinct detectives now receive $240 more than the privates, but the Emhflblunn en- forcement officers, e working as long and performing even more hazard- ous duties than the precinct men, the superintendent said, are given no ex- tra compensation. «The salary for the “class B” detective would remain the same as that of the precinct detective, but the prohibition icers who would be included in this group would bene- fit by an increase of $240 a year. Class Formation Possible. ‘With authorization for increasing the patrol force 100 men, Maj. Pratt de- clared, it would be possible to make ap- pointments in groups of sufficlent s to organize a class for the police train- ing school, whereas, under the present elapse sometimes before enough recruits are added to the force to justify the starting of a new class in the police school. ‘The 50 “class A" detectives which Maj. Pratt wants for the Detective Bu- reau in reality would be “understudies,” he sald, to the detective sergeants, and all appointments to vacancies in the ranks of the detective sergeants would be made from this new group. , The detective sergeants receive $600 13 year in additional compensati and the new, “class A" detectives, d be given $300 extra. o > Maj. Pratt would increase the person- nel of the Detective Bureau over which Ne formerly had command to 100. Fifty detective sergeants now constitute the Detective-Bureau force, and the num- ber would be raised to 100 with the lon of the 50 “class A" detectives. A large Detective Bureau personnel long has been needed, Maj. Pratt ex- ° ?hlnzd. as it is physically impossible lor the present force to give the public the attention it deserves. In 1928 he sald more than 13,000 cases were re- with the result that many minor cases had to be sidetracked portant cases developed. Shelby Suggested Increase. An increase in the detective forc( was advocated several weeks ago by In« spector William S. Shelby, assistant whenever im- mand of the detective bureau relieving Maj. Pratt. With additional men he said he would create a number of new -l?llldl to specialize in certain phases o detective bureau now has a bad BN Tnspector 'shelbybnld e squad, a special squad should be to handle hold-ups and burglaries, and another group created to in the character of applicants for classes of such as palmists, masseurs, second-hand dealers, employ- ment agencies and private The character in with the e: of those seeking per- mits to es employment and this is done by the reau.